Improved brick-press



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' ABRAHAM wrrnnaor HENRY, ILLINOIS.v

IMPnovt-:D BRIcK-PRESS.

`Sipeciiication forming part of Letters Patent No. 44,133, dated September 6.18m`

To all'whom it may concern .v

Be it known that I, ABRAHAM W rrMnR, of

Henry, in the county of Marshall and State of Illinois, have invented a new and Improved Brick-Press; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled inthe art to make and use the sitme, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a side sectional viewiofmy in` vention taken inthe line av, FigiZ; Fig. 2,A a horizontal section of the same tanen inthe line y y, Fig. l; Fig. 3, a transversvertical section of the same taken in the line zz, Fig. 1. Similar letters of reference indicate like parts. V

This invention relates, iirst, to a new and useful improvement in the pressers for forc- Ying theclay intothe molds, whereby the. former are rendered much more efficient than usual in consequence of not being allowed to carry-g the olayf around with them in the mudmill." The invention 'relates, second,` to an improved means forv forcing thee filled molds out from underneath the mud, and also to an .improved arraugement'of rollers for insuring the easy 'or free movement of themolds in y their passage underneath the mud-mill.

A represents a` case or box, which -may be of'rectangular'form, and in which a shaft, B, is placed centrally and vertically, said shaft being providedv with radial arms a, and having at itsjlower part, just above the bottom' b y ot' the case or box, four arms, (J,which are slightly inclined from a horizontal plane, and one slotted transversely to form slots c, the outer ends of which just clear the bottom b of the case or box. In the bottom of the case or box A there is. a grating, D, through which the clay is forced, the spaces between the bars of the grating being equal in area tothe compartments ofthe brick-molds into which the clay is forced. This gra-ting is the same as aced a frame, F,

having a series of rollers, G, tilted in it, said rollers having a transverse position relatively with the box E and directly behind the rollers G. In the same frame F there are placed a series of short rollers, H, the latter being at right angles with G, back of the grating D,

and in line with a hoie or aperture, c, in the side of box D. The frame F is supported at one. end by a rod, I, and at the opposite end by wedges J, by adjusting which the portion of the fratrie F containing the rollers may be raised or lowered, as desired. In the box E,

near one end and below the rod I ofthe frame F, there is a transverse shaft,- K, having a spring, L, attached to it, which projects up back of the rod I, said shaft also having two e arms, M M,attached to it, the unper ends of which have bars, N N, connected to them by pivots d. These bars N N work through holes c,1nadcin a cross-bar, O, undcrntfitth the inudthe shaft B being rotated by horse or other convenient power. The arms O force the clay through the grating D and into the molds S, the empty ones being inserted through the aperture C on the rollers H underneath the mud-mill A. .The molds are shoved under- -neath the grating D by actuating the" shaft K through the medium of the lever I?,l the bars- N N shoving the molds,and it will be seen that as au empty mold is sho\f'cd' underneath the grating a filled mold will be shoved out from underneath the mud-mill, the tops of the molds being scraped smooth by adjusting thel frame F th h the medium of the wedges J to such a hexght that the tops of the molds will be against the under side ofthe mud-mill.

The arms (l, in consequence of being slotted, as shown, are prevented from drawing the clay around with them, and they force the clay down through thc grating D and into the molds in a much more etiicientV manner than they otherwise would. The rollers G Hinsurc'the free movement of the molds S, Obviating much friction.

Having thus described my invention, Ielniln The bars N N, attached to urnas M Ivi on ls. new und' desire to secure byvLetters Put- 1 2 snl-ftfli, provided with zusp'ring, L, all arent- Y i ranged and applied substzmt'iully as shown,

1. The slotted inclined arms C, ettaehedto i for the purpose of forcing the empty molds in the shaft B, for the purpose of forcing` the clay proper position `uinlerneamth the mud-mill to through the gratin g l), and without drawing i receive the elny und in forcing the filled molds the clay around in the mnd-mill A,substnn out from ui'nlernemall| the' 1nud-mil`l, as sef; tially as set forth. E fortlll 2. The frame ll, provided with the rollers ABRAHAM VITMER.. G H, placed Within the box E, :ind hung1 upon VVitnessesr:

a rod, I ui: one end, and supported by Wedges FREDERICK S. POTTER, J J uo the opposite end, substantially us and I PELE-G PERLEY, for the purpose specified. J ACOB l. SKINKLE. 

